Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-24
THE NEW RAILROAD.
The Project Gaining in
Popularity.
A NEW MOUNTAIN PASSAGE.
A Short Line Into the Great In
terror Basin of the Continent,
Full of Riches.

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posed railway from Salt Lake City to
Los Angeles. But a few years ago a
majority Of the inhabitants of the vast
Territory of Utah purchased their
merchandise in Los Angeles, and if a
railway should be constructed from
Los Angeles to Salt Lake City the old
trade would be restored in more than
former volume and profit. The line
direct from Los Angeles via Salt Lake
City to Chicago is 800 miles shorter
than by the other routes, and would
be a wonderful advantage to the Pa
cific coast.
A movement is being made to in
corporate company here join with
companies with terminal facilities at
Salt Lake City, to ascertain what can
be done in the matter of an inde-
pendent line to the metropolis of
South California. The Chicago and
Northwestern, the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy and the Denver and
Rio Grande are all interested in an
outlet into South California. The
Southern Pacific has line through
this section and the Santa Fe system
has line also across this section.
1t is now desired to know what
either of these lines will do for
the construction of the new overland.
If connection should be made be-
tween Salt Lake and Mojave, the S.
p. Il. r. company would be the ben
eficiary of the line and would doubt
less take an interest in the same as it
would bring vast business and cheap
coal with shortening of distance of
800 miles between the Pacific center
of immigration and the center of pop
ulation. With, a junction with the
Santa Fe system at Barstcw, that line
would have the same advantages as
the S. p. company.
But the present plan is to have a
new line to come through the Sierra
Madre at the Tujunga canon and open
up stream of 1000 inches of water to
follow the line of the road. Another
recommendation is to come through
the Sierra Madre at the Arroyo Seco,
and another for an entrance through
the San Gabriel caflon. All these
plans are before the public and will
receive the careful attention at the
hands of the gentlemen who are lead
ers of the various enterprises.
Some persons who know little of
railway building in the mountains
think that the engineering difficulties
are great and expensive but after
viewing the Denver and Rio Grande,
and the Central Pacific, and the
California and Oregon lines in the
mountains the proposed route of the
new line seems feasible and easy.
The mining business along the pro-
posed line would support the road
without any help from the through
business. The country is developing
SO rapidly that there would be an i'm
mense business for the line from the
word CO." 1t is mainly out of the
deep snow belt and the region of wash
outs.
TIE coal, salt, iron, lead, silver and
gold along the line are worth thols-
and fold more than the line would
cost. 1t runs through vast interior
plateau with no competitor, and at
three great Eastern lines that need
the trade and commerce of the great
interior basin of the continent and the
more than Nile gardens Of South Cali
fornia.
The matter of an inland line to Los
Angeles is assuming such an impetus
at Salt Lake City and in this city that
mountaineer and a surveyor, Mr.. E.
A. DeCamp and John Goldsworthy
will cross the mountains by the way
of Tujunga to Rock Creek to the great
plateau that extends to Salt Lake on
an easy grade where railroad can be
built at small expense.
A company will be formed in this
city to cooperate with the company
recently formed in Salt Lake City to
push the road through. The opening
of the coalfields and other mines in
the vast interior of the continent will
make near and immense market for
the oil, olives, oranges, lemons, lines,
raisins, dried, canned and crystallized
fruit, vegetables at all seasons, wines,
brandies, bacon and manufactured
goods of all kinds of South California.
Instead of competing with other roads
in local business it will furnish them
with vast amount of freight that is
now useless in the plains and noun
tains. From the interest fe,t at both
ends of the line and the character of
the men engaged in the enterprise, it
appears to be sure thing that the en-
terprise will be carried out, and be a
source of wonderful prosperity to South
G,l.
tion of the route will be to get through
the Sierra Madre from Rock Creek
to Monte Vista. The citizens of Salt
Lake City have already subscribed
enough meney to build the road
through Utah to the Nevada line, and
the mine owners in Nevada express a
desire to help the line through that
State; and it is quite likely that con-
Meeting lines of railway will take lib
eral share Of stock in the enterprise.
An informal meeting of influential
citizens was held in this city yester-
dav, and another will be held next
Wednesday.
1t is intended to have the line, after
coming out of the Tujunga canon, to
continue on the mesa through Cres.
centa Cafiada, La Canada and Pasa-
dena, where it would connect with the
Santa Fe and Southern Pacific system
Through freight from the interior
and from San Francisco, Sacramento
and Portland, Oregon, could be carried
all through Los Angeles county on the
high mesa from Rock Creek to Coltor
for southern and eastern markets with
out losing a thousand feet of elevation
by coming to this city. The passen
ger time by the new line would be fou
and half days to Chicago and five
and half to New York. The projec
is assuming large proportions.
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